greenmedic88 on 03 March 2010
| calvinandhobbes said: Why is the Natal unit so big? The unit we have seen seems huge, albeit that it is not necessarily the official natal unit, but still, what does the Natal unit have in it that makes is so big? If it only has 3 cameras and a few microphones than it would not have to be so wide. Just something that I have been wondering about. As far as price, it probably will be less than $100. Although it could be more. It seems much more high tech than any other add on that has been released so far for any console. |
I'm guessing the sample design/prototype is shaped the way it is to roughly position the stereoscopic cameras in the approximate position of a pair of human eyes. Although on most people, that's only about two inches from pupil to pupil.
Other than that, the shape of the housing may also be to accommodate the proper positioning for the multi mic array set up (although the PS3 Eye has a 4 mic array in a fairly compact package).
Could possibly even be to accommodate the positioning of the IR emitter array (fancy words for a string of IR LEDs like the Nintendo Wii sensor bar).
